City get the job done

With Liverpool edging a seven-goal thriller against Crystal Palace on Saturday, City's mission in Yorkshire was simply to win and stay in touch.

Guardiola tweaked his line-up with Gabriel Jesus, who had scored seven goals in his past three games, dropped to the bench in favour of Aguero, who made his first start since the 2-1 win over Liverpool on 3 January.

City should have been awarded a penalty in the 13th minute when Terence Kongolo went into the back of Sterling.

Danilo's goal lifted a sloppy first half during which even Kevin de Bruyne, usually so assured in possession, was wasteful.

That was City's 100th in all competitions this season - and they are the first side in Europe's top five leagues (England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain) to reach the landmark.

Bar the two-goal burst, the visitors were nowhere near their attacking best, even when the two Silvas - Bernardo and David - came on in the second half.

Aguero barely threatened and only managed one shot, a half chance in the first half.

It was not the demolition many had predicted but ultimately it was mission accomplished for City, who have now scored 23 goals without reply and not conceded for 386 minutes.

Huddersfield have won none of the 34 Premier League games in which they have conceded the first goal.

Sterling's past two Premier League goals have been headers - only one of his first 57 in the competition came via his head.

Since the start of last season, Huddersfield have failed to score in 32 league matches - nine more than any other side.

Sane and Sterling have combined for six league goals for Manchester City this season - the only two players to combine for more are Bournemouth's Callum Wilson and Ryan Fraser (seven goals).

What's next?

Huddersfield, who are already out of the FA Cup, have a weekend off before hosting Everton in the league on 29 January.

City travel to Burton for the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final on Wednesday, leading 9-0 from the first game. Burnley then visit Etihad Stadium in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday, before a league game at Newcastle on 29 January.